Matt is a Mean Guy (hey!)
Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she's created a sticky note-based task
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Gemini 2.0: speed and deep research impress
From The Keyword Google blog: Introducing Gemini 2.0: Our New AI Model for the Agentic Era
Today we’re
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When do the Trump flags come down? (members post)
The flags are still flying, celebrating the man, not the country. Why is this something that happens now, and why is it something only happening on one end of the political spectrum?
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Squashing links on social media
Anil Dash: “Link in Bio” Is a Slow Knife
For a closed system, those kinds of open connections are deeply
AI, self-driving, and evolving your opinions on new tech over time
Casey Newton on Platformer: The Phony Comforts of AI Skepticism
The most persuasive way you can demonstrate the reality of
I’m Knee-Deep in Turkey
Another week, another fantastically fun episode of Comfort Zone! This week Niléane talked about her new Flight Simulator obsession, we
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How Flight Simulator helped my flying anxiety (members post)
It turns out video games really can impact how you view the world.
I don’t care about bad or missing features that I don’t use
Sometimes I’ll talk about something I like online and people will express shock that I can use a product
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Everything is a reaction, nothing is forever, and everything comes back (members post)
Why nothing stays popular forever.
The “Bluesky feels like early Twitter!” vibe
Bluesky has the juice right now, and while it’s slowed down a bit this week, they were adding over
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Comfort Zone: This One Time at Bandcamp
We're releasing this week's Comfort Zone early so you can listen before all the festivities (in
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AI hype in the workplace is cooling, but usage is still on the rise
Slack: The Fall 2024 Workforce Index Shows AI Hype Is Cooling
Executives are all in on AI, with 99% planning
🎥 Some great YouTube videos (again)
How about another dose of fun YouTube videos?
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Here we go again…is Chrome “the new IE”?
Magic Lasso’s blog: Is Chrome the New IE?
So Chrome becomes dominant – much like IE was back in its
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Art doesn’t have to be “valuable to the market”
John Green on episode 401 of his Dear Hank & John podcast (Overcast link):
Art doesn’t have to only
More Birchtree is on sale this week
Just a quick post today to say that I am running what I expect to be my only sale of
Why my movie reviews seem a little harsh
I've watched 101 movies so far this year and I reviewed them all in this thread on Mastodon
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It’s a horse! It’s a browser! It’s both?!
The one and only Niléane on MacStories: Horse Browser Tries Its Hooves at a New Take on Tabs
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